| Author | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Grok | February 19, 2004, 11:37 AM | |
| Hitmen | I still don't see how this is fair use. I thought the whole arguement against bnetd was the fact that they were allowed you to run a server without CD-Key authentication that would allow people to pirate the game or something like that. | February 19, 2004, 3:52 PM |
| iago | haha, I can't believe that's still dragging on! I liked this line: [quote]Also weighing heavily in Defendants' favor is the fact that Blizzard has still failed to come forward with any admissible evidence of actual customer confusion.[/quote] I couldn't see somebody becoming confused that easily :) | February 19, 2004, 5:56 PM |
| Skywing | Long cases are fairly typical for the US court system... | February 19, 2004, 6:08 PM |
| Denial | I wish someone would sue me I wanna be sued by Blizzard | February 21, 2004, 1:01 AM |
| dRAgoN | Wonder if we will see FSGS again after this is done and over with. | February 25, 2004, 3:22 PM |
| mynameistmp | [quote] I couldn't see somebody becoming confused that easily :) [/quote] "Microsoft believes that BeTa’s registration and use of the “microsoft.ph” domain name infringes and dilutes Microsoft’s own famous Microsoft mark as it is likely to cause confusion as to the source of origin of the content published on the “www.microsoft.ph” website." - Sincerely, Courtney Stuart Alban, Attorney for Microsoft Corporation At that time, www.microsoft.ph was mapped to what is now xar.slacktech.com. Microsoft Inc. also pursued the same line of legal action against www.mikerowesoft.com. Seems like a popular card to play. | February 26, 2004, 10:27 PM |
| Hostile | Speaking of which, Blizzard just anouther C&D memo out, now to Drakken for hosting his starcraft hack "plugin loader" called Damnation (www.gamethreat.com). Though they said nothing about the other hacks hosted there (Ally Alert, which is somewhat the descendant of the old maphack "Starcrap"). | February 27, 2004, 7:40 AM |
| MrRaza | I'm not sure if anyone has checked out this link yet, http://www.eff.org/IP/Emulation/Blizzard_v_bnetd/ | March 1, 2004, 2:21 AM |
| Maddox | I read one of the PDF's, apparently the EFF claims the "handshake" between a Blizzard Client and Server is legal to reverse engineer because it provides interoperability. Nice to know at least. | March 2, 2004, 7:06 AM |
| CrAz3D | I wonder if Arta may be involved in the next lawsuit? | March 2, 2004, 4:41 PM |
| Trance | Doubtful. | March 2, 2004, 4:48 PM |
| hismajesty | [quote]At that time, www.microsoft.ph was mapped to what is now xar.slacktech.com.[/quote] So, is xar going to be subject to any legal action? Does Canada protect against that, since Microsoft's headquarters is in the US? | March 4, 2004, 11:13 PM |
| iago | [quote author=hismajesty link=board=1;threadid=5364;start=0#msg47493 date=1078442012] [quote]At that time, www.microsoft.ph was mapped to what is now xar.slacktech.com.[/quote] So, is xar going to be subject to any legal action? Does Canada protect against that, since Microsoft's headquarters is in the US? [/quote] No, as soon as MS wanted it back, the person who technically owns it ("co0l" or "c0ol", whatever) decided that it was his to sell. Xar wanted like 20g for it, and, knowing his attitude, probably would have gotten it. | March 5, 2004, 12:32 AM |
| hismajesty | [quote]and, knowing his attitude, probably would have gotten it. [/quote] That is very true, knowing xar he would have eventually gotten it and if not, come mighty close. Thanks for clearing that up. | March 5, 2004, 8:52 PM |
| GoSuGaMING | bnet is starting to be stupid because of there restrictions... bnetd is just ran by users... which will end up the same way its just a copy... its like stealing someones source code and calling it your own.. | March 24, 2004, 1:33 PM |
| iago | [quote author=GoSuGaMING link=board=1;threadid=5364;start=15#msg51396 date=1080135227] bnet is starting to be stupid because of there restrictions... bnetd is just ran by users... which will end up the same way its just a copy... its like stealing someones source code and calling it your own.. [/quote] It's nothing like that at all. | March 24, 2004, 2:55 PM |
| St0rm.iD | [quote author=GoSuGaMING link=board=1;threadid=5364;start=15#msg51396 date=1080135227] bnet is starting to be stupid because of there restrictions... bnetd is just ran by users... which will end up the same way its just a copy... its like stealing someones source code and calling it your own.. [/quote] I live in a house, therefore, you can't live in a house. | March 24, 2004, 10:12 PM |
| CrAz3D | [quote author=St0rm.iD link=board=1;threadid=5364;start=15#msg51510 date=1080166367] [quote author=GoSuGaMING link=board=1;threadid=5364;start=15#msg51396 date=1080135227] bnet is starting to be stupid because of there restrictions... bnetd is just ran by users... which will end up the same way its just a copy... its like stealing someones source code and calling it your own.. [/quote] I live in a house, therefore, you can't live in a house. [/quote] Cars all work in basically the same way, that is not illegal. | March 24, 2004, 10:35 PM |
| dRAgoN | Seems bnetd.org the web page nolonger belongs to bnetd? [code]Domain ID:D4519615-LROR Domain Name:BNETD.ORG Created On:21-Mar-1999 05:00:00 UTC Last Updated On:06-Apr-2004 23:13:37 UTC Expiration Date:21-Mar-2006 05:00:00 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:R91-LROR Status:OK Registrant ID:tuojTMpV5mYKJU7s Registrant Name:Isaac Matarasso Registrant Organization:Blizzard Entertainment Registrant Street1:PO BOX 18979 Registrant City:Irvine Registrant State/Province:CA Registrant Postal Code:92623 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.9499551380 Registrant Email:imatarasso@blizzard.com Admin ID:tuojTMpV5mYKJU7s Admin Name:Isaac Matarasso Admin Organization:Blizzard Entertainment Admin Street1:PO BOX 18979 Admin City:Irvine Admin State/Province:CA Admin Postal Code:92623 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.9499551380 Admin Email:imatarasso@blizzard.com Tech ID:tuojTMpV5mYKJU7s Tech Name:Isaac Matarasso Tech Organization:Blizzard Entertainment Tech Street1:PO BOX 18979 Tech City:Irvine Tech State/Province:CA Tech Postal Code:92623 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.9499551380 Tech Email:imatarasso@blizzard.com Name Server:MAIL.IGATEWAY.NET Name Server:NS.IGATEWAY.NET[/code] | April 12, 2004, 7:15 PM |
| Jester | [quote author=dRAgoN link=board=1;threadid=5364;start=15#msg54800 date=1081797333] Seems bnetd.org the web page nolonger belongs to bnetd? [code]Domain ID:D4519615-LROR Domain Name:BNETD.ORG Created On:21-Mar-1999 05:00:00 UTC Last Updated On:06-Apr-2004 23:13:37 UTC Expiration Date:21-Mar-2006 05:00:00 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:R91-LROR Status:OK Registrant ID:tuojTMpV5mYKJU7s Registrant Name:Isaac Matarasso Registrant Organization:Blizzard Entertainment Registrant Street1:PO BOX 18979 Registrant City:Irvine Registrant State/Province:CA Registrant Postal Code:92623 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.9499551380 Registrant Email:imatarasso@blizzard.com Admin ID:tuojTMpV5mYKJU7s Admin Name:Isaac Matarasso Admin Organization:Blizzard Entertainment Admin Street1:PO BOX 18979 Admin City:Irvine Admin State/Province:CA Admin Postal Code:92623 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.9499551380 Admin Email:imatarasso@blizzard.com Tech ID:tuojTMpV5mYKJU7s Tech Name:Isaac Matarasso Tech Organization:Blizzard Entertainment Tech Street1:PO BOX 18979 Tech City:Irvine Tech State/Province:CA Tech Postal Code:92623 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.9499551380 Tech Email:imatarasso@blizzard.com Name Server:MAIL.IGATEWAY.NET Name Server:NS.IGATEWAY.NET[/code] [/quote] Does anyone know anything about that? It would be interesting to find out. | April 19, 2004, 2:25 PM |